Classic folk proverbs and sayings describing rats

Although rats are one of the 12 zodiac signs, rats are not liked by everyone because they always destroy crops and so on. Here are the proverbs about rats that I have compiled. Let’s take a look.

Proverbs about mice

1. Bird mice (i.e. mice) eat oil and get light in their eyes

It means that when mice see a lighted oil lamp, they run away Go to steal the oil inside, only to see a sheen of oil in front of you, without paying attention to the danger of arrest behind you. The extended metaphor is to only focus on the immediate profit and ignore the safety behind you.

2. Birds and mice swam across the stream, and everyone drank and took pictures

People say that they specialize in stealing, do not do their job, engage in illegal activities, and are shady. It can be seen that rats are the victims of others. The mouse is so disgusting that it swims across the stream, soaking wet, and is not fast, so it is easy to be caught and beaten. It is like a mouse crossing the street. Everyone shouts to beat it. It describes a person who causes public outrage and is surrounded and suppressed by everyone in disgust.

3. Kitchen mice

Kitchen mice specialize in stealing food, rice or leftover food left in the kitchen. It is a metaphor for a person who specializes in stealing.

4. Birds and mice at the bottom of the stream

It is a metaphor for people who specialize in stealing sand and gravel from rivers for profit.

5. Birds and mice on the top of the mountain

It is a metaphor for the illegal people who specialize in illegally cutting down trees on the mountain and selling them for profit.

6. When the bird and mouse break the crucible

When the bird and mouse: Set a trap to catch the mouse. Break: to break. Crucible: Utensils such as pots and pans. For example: rice pot (rice pot), flower pot (flower pot). It means that if you want to catch mice, you are afraid of breaking the pot or basin, that is, you will throw a rat trap.

7. The birds and mice at the bottom of the coffin are noisy to death

A postscript. When rats make noise in a coffin, they are disturbing the dead. The noise to death is a metaphor for living people being disturbed to death.

8. The birds and rats in the tombs corrupted the dead.

Afterwords. Tombs: tombs, tombs, are tombs where the dead are buried. Dirty: mischievous, noisy, disturbing. Nasty people: noisy and annoying to death. The meaning of this sentence is the same as the previous sentence.

9. Birds and mice do not dare to eat cat milk

Mice do not dare to eat cat milk, because if a mouse eats cat milk, it is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, which is very dangerous. For example, the two have different identities. Or they are hostile and dare not get close to them, lest they put themselves in danger.

10. Feeding birds and mice biting cloth bags

Feeding rats and biting cloth bags is a metaphor for attracting wolves into the house or appeasing an adulterer, which will eventually lead to physical harm. Common proverbs about mice

1. Birds and mice move ginger

The mice moved the ginger when they saw it, but they did not dare to eat the ginger because of its spicy smell, and were reluctant to throw it away, so they moved it away. To move around, to an uncertain place, describes a person who moves frequently and has no fixed place.

2. Not a single bird or mouse is as timid as a mouse.

It is a metaphor for a person who is very timid, that is, as timid as a mouse.

3. Qingming Cat is holding a dead bird and mouse

Qingming Cat: Blind cat. Lean on: encounter, come across. A blind cat encountering a dead mouse is a metaphor for getting a good opportunity by accident.

4. The bird-mouse hole becomes a round arch

The bird-mouse hole is the mouse hole. A round arch is a door that is round and curves inward. A tiny mouse hole turns into a huge round arch, describing making a fuss out of a molehill and turning a small thing into a big thing.

5. Bird and mouse crotch, no secretion of urine.

Bird and mouse crotch: It is the genitals of female mice, here it refers to the urinary organ. Osmosis: The Taiwanese pronunciation of "feng" means leaking out bit by bit involuntarily. For example, exuding feces and urinating (involuntary leakage of urine and feces). Wuwaiji: It means not much, meaning not much. Rats are originally Small animals urinate normally, and the quantity is not large, not to mention the amount of urine that leaks out is even rarer. The original meaning of this sentence is to describe the small quantity, but it was extended to ridicule women for not having anything great, or not having much ability or ability. .

6. Birds and mice crotch bamboo poles, one eye at a time

薖: Taiwanese pronunciation "Cao", reptiles crawling, such as snakes crowing out. Penny: Bamboo pole. Eyes : It is the knot of bamboo. One glance at another: one after another. The mouse is crawling on the bamboo pole, climbing up one by one, which means doing things in an orderly manner.

7. Seeing pearls as bird droppings

Seeing precious pearls as lowly rat droppings is a metaphor for not having vision, that is, having eyes but not seeing Mount Tai. It also means not recognizing talents and looking down upon others.

8. Tiger head, bird, rat tail

The tiger head is big and powerful, and the rat tail is small, describing an event that started with a huge momentum, but later became unsustainable, has a beginning and an end, and is synonymous with an tiger head and a snake tail. .

9. Squeeze the tail of a bird and rat, and there will be no pus after squeezing it

Squeeze: Taiwanese pronunciation "町, squeeze it with the thumbs of both hands at the same time, such as squeezing a pimple". Rat's The tail is extremely small and cannot squeeze out pus and blood. It is similar to "coarse chaff pressed without oil" or "pig scalp fried without oil". It describes the poor who have no money and no oil and water to wipe off.

10. Birds and mice trail down Gray room

Postscript: fall. Gray room: the room where the lime is placed. The mouse fell into the gray room and was covered with lime. It is a mockery of women who wear too much makeup and lose their original appearance, and are ugly in appearance.

1. The weasel's backbone - cartilage

2. The weasel's temper - stealing eggs

3. The weasel pays filial piety - what are you pretending to be? Garlic

4. If you fail to catch the mouse, you will smash the jar instead - a small loss will result in a big loss

5. Kill the mouse and feed it to the cat - if you annoy one, you will be better (metaphor of offending one) , handed one in)

6. The mouse rides on the cat - so brave

7. The mouse takes a wife - a small fight

8. The mouse sleeps in the cat's nest - brings a bite of meat

9. The mouse steals the weighing weight - sticks it upside down (stealing iron)

10. The mouse drags the wooden shovel - the big head is behind< /p>

11. The food in the mouse's nest - it's all stolen

12. The weasel's butt - it can't fart well (metaphor can't say good things)

13. The weasel's butt--it can't fart well

14. The kangaroo's ability--it can jump

15. The ground rat runs south of the Yangtze River-- Walking a lot, not seeing much

16. The rat in the bellows - get angry

17. The rat in the antique shop - untouchable

18. A mouse enters a mouse trap - not far from death

19. A mouse in a monk's temple - listens to many scriptures

20. A weasel sees a chicken - greedy< /p>

21. The weasel looks at the chicken - with bad intentions

22. The weasel squats in the chicken coop - speculation (stealing chickens)

23. The weasel gives the chicken New Year greetings - not having good intentions (a metaphor for being friendly and kind on the surface, but actually having sinister intentions)

24. Weasel and chicken knot old cousins ??- not a good relationship (a metaphor for having bad intentions)

25. Difficult hexagrams among weasels - bad luck (roosters) less